Sir Robert Burdett, 4th Baronet (28 May 1716 – 13 February 1797) was a British politician and member of the English

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. Burdett was the posthumous son of Robert Burdett, son of

Sir Robert Burdett, 3rd Baronet Sir Robert Burdett, 3rd Baronet DL (11 January 1640 – 18 January 1716) was an English baronet and Tory politician. Background and education Burdett was the offspring of a Warwickshire family, who had settled also in Derbyshire.Cokayne (1 ...

of Bramcote, Warwickshire. His mother was the Hon. Elizabeth, daughter of William Tracy, 4th Viscount Tracy. His father and grandfather both died in January 1716 and Burdett succeeded in the baronetcy at his birth in May 1716, four months after the death of his grandfather. He was educated as a gentleman commoner at

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(around 1731), then

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. In 1738 he served as

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. In 1748 he was returned to Parliament as one of two representatives for Tamworth, a seat he held until 1768. Burdett married firstly Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Charles Sedley, in 1739 and by her had 3 sons and 2 daughters. After her death in 1747 he married secondly Lady Caroline, daughter of

John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland John Manners, 2nd Duke of Rutland Order of the Garter, KG (18 September 1676 – 22 February 1721), styled Lord Roos from 1679 to 1703 and Marquess of Granby from 1703 to 1711, was a British Whig politician who sat in the English House of Com ...

, and widow of Sir Henry Harpur, 5th Baronet, in 1753. She died in 1769. Foremarke Hall 1805

He commissioned

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in Derbyshire to be built in 1794 as a stately home in 1760 for his son

Francis Burdett Sir Francis Burdett, 5th Baronet (25 January 1770 – 23 January 1844) was a British politician and Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament who gained notoriety as a proponent (in advance of the Chartism, Chartists) of univ ...

. The architect was David Hiorns, a famous architect then whose architectural firm in London still thrives today. According to a directory published in 1846,History,Gazetteer and Directory of Derbyshire, Samuel Bagshaw, 1846 the hall was "erected about the year 1762" by Sir Robert, replacing an earlier house on the site. Sir Robert died in February 1797, aged 80, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his grandson Sir Francis Burdett, the noted reformist politician, and the eldest son of

, who had predeceased him in 1794.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Burdett, Robert, 4th Baronet 1716 births 1797 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of England Alumni of New College, Oxford High sheriffs of Derbyshire Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1747–1754 British MPs 1754–1761 British MPs 1761–1768 People educated at Winchester College

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